Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Maaloo
  
bitte
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
galla
  
allemand
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Germans
  
Origin
16
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Oromo and German Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oromo and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and German language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs German Difficulty
The Oromo vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and German Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oromo and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.